"I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot of imaginative effort to figure out how people lived in an era that is not yours. And in that understanding of people from a different era, I feel, is an important gateway into humanity. Because you understand human behavior. In order to understand humanity, history is important."

-- Sarnath Banerjee

#Order Quotes #Discipline Quotes #People Quotes

“I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2014). “I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human Days”, p.20, The Floating Press
“Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.”
“As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Down came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers”
“A lot of people will say to me, they'll say, "When is Trump going to be gone?" People who are thinking that way and are waiting, for those folks I worry that every day when they wake up and Trump is still president, every day is November 9. That's not a good headspace to be in. It just happens to be the case that the best thing you can do to feel better is to be actively engaged in pushing back, and that also happens to be the best thing that you can do for the country right now.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.”
“Chic is a convent for unloved women.”
“Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?”
“My childhood was endless - from eight to 18 felt like hundreds of years.”

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